Dr. S. Krishnamurthi, Scientist of NIO has received Max Planck India Fellowship. This is jointly funded by Max Plank Society and the DST, Govt. of India. The fellowship is normally for a period of four years. Dr. Krishnamurthi desires to work in collaboration with Dr. Rudolf Amann (Director, Max Plank Institute for Marine Microbiology) in this scheme on Polyphasic taxonomic characterization of marine bacteria and analysis of the microbial diversity in Indian marine waters using culture-independent approaches.